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Shape the future of the voice of the rare condition community.

Genetic Alliance UK is looking for an exceptional Director of Engagement and Impact to transform how we connect with our 220+ member organisations, communicate our mission, and foster a thriving, supportive team culture.

If you’re a strategic leader with a gift for building relationships, crafting compelling messages, and creating positive change, this is your opportunity to make a lasting difference for the 3.5 million people in the UK affected by genetic, rare and undiagnosed conditions. 

Director of Engagement and Impact
Salary: £55,167 – £63,654 (with new starters usually starting at the lower end of the range)
Location: Home-based, UK (occasional travel required)
Contract: Permanent, full-time (35 hours per week) with applications for up to 28 hours per week considered.
Closing date: 09:00 on Monday 22 Sept 2025 

About Genetic Alliance UK
Genetic Alliance UK is the national charity working to improve the lives of the 3.5 million people in the UK affected by genetic, rare and undiagnosed conditions. We are an alliance of over 220 charities and support groups, bringing together patient voices to campaign for timely diagnosis, better care, and improved access to treatments. We host Rare Disease UK and SWAN UK, and lead national activity for Rare Disease Day.

About the role
This is a new senior leadership position designed to strengthen our membership engagement, amplify our communications impact, and support a positive, collaborative working culture.

As part of our Senior Management Team, you will:

• Lead and develop our approach to engaging and supporting our diverse membership.

• Provide strategic oversight for all communications, ensuring our messages are clear, consistent and impactful across multiple audiences.

• Champion and embed systems for staff performance, development and wellbeing, ensuring our culture is inclusive, supportive, and sustainable.

You will oversee the Head of Membership and Communications, the Communications and Engagement Manager (SWAN UK), and two new posts (Communications Officer and Project Support Officer). You will also provide operational oversight of SWAN UK, and work closely with the Policy, Public Affairs and Research teams to maximise impact.

About you
We are looking for a strategic leader who combines a talent for building relationships with outstanding communication skills. You will bring experience of leading teams, delivering organisational change, and working effectively with diverse stakeholders. You will be comfortable navigating the needs of a membership organisation, and passionate about making a tangible difference for people living with rare conditions.

What we offer

• Generous pension (5% employer, 3% employee)

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and full office closure over Christmas/New Year

• Flexible, home-based working with occasional UK travel. 

• The opportunity to lead work that has a direct and lasting impact for people affected by rare conditions

Location: Hybrid - Eyre Street, Sheffield - this role is partly based at home, partly in the Sheffield offices. Applicants must be willing and able to work from both locations as required.

Salary: Grade 2 - £28,216.60 per annum, pro rata for part time

Contract: Fixed term from 3rd November 2025 – 2nd January 2026

Hours – 22.5 per week - working Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Closing date: Thursday 4th September 2025 at 11:30pm

About The Role

You will play a key role in ensuring the service complies with contract requirements and meets KPIs.  Your focus will be to providing administrative and office support to ensure the most effective delivery of Helpline Plus telephone casework services and undertaking administrative projects to improve systems and practice for the benefit of staff and clients. You will also input data on our CRM system and have extensive telephone contact with clients, so good verbal communication skills and a commitment to excellent customer service are essential.

About You

You will have considerable experience in a client/customer service role and experience in handling incoming calls and making outbound calls to clients and partner organisations.  You also have fast accurate keyboard skills and experience of using a range of IT tools including case management systems and databases and Microsoft Office applications, along with experience of administrative systems and office management.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension, and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme, and an employee assistance programme.

About The Team

Helpline Plus telephone Casework team is a team of experienced specialist housing and debt advisers. We have four teams of advisers based in Shelter’s Sheffield office. We work with multiple external referral partner organisations to achieve the best possible outcomes for our clients.

Helpline Plus provides legal advice and casework to enforce the rights of homeless people and assists those facing possession action or orders for sale to remain in their homes. We negotiate with councils, lenders and landlords to try to prevent court action.

Due to the nature of the service we can provide prompt access and may take on emergency cases, in particular to people who are beyond the reach of face to face services.

About Shelter

Home is a human right. It’s our foundation and where we thrive. Yet everyday millions of people are being devastated by the housing emergency.

We exist to defend the right to a safe home. Because home is everything.

We need ambitious, passionate people to join us. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. To win this fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, equitable and transparent. We are committed to combating racism both within and outside Shelter. We welcome you on our journey to becoming truly anti-racist.

How to Apply

Please click ‘Apply for Job’ on the advert. You are required to submit a CV and a supporting statement using the STAR format with responses to the following points in the ‘About you’ section of the job description of no more than 350 words each.

Please ensure you demonstrate how you address the behaviours below throughout your responses:

• We prioritise diversity and have an inclusive and open mindset

Safeguarding Statement

Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

Recruitment Agencies

Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

In September 2024, National Numeracy launched a new ‘Schools & Families’ programme to support Primary School staff, parents and carers in increasing pupils’ confidence with numbers, positive feelings about maths, and awareness of the value of maths outside of the classroom. The programme also works to improve parents’, carers’, and school staff’s own confidence with numbers and with supporting children with their maths.

The programme has been hugely successful and is growing rapidly – we have now secured funding to deliver activity in all four nations of the UK and we are working with almost 300 schools currently.

The Schools & Families Programme Officer will support the Schools & Families Programme Manager in managing fast-paced activity across the UK, particularly delivering online training directly to school staff, recruiting schools, and visiting selected schools to ensure the success of the programme.

We are looking for someone who can support with this dynamic activity, is flexible, able to manage their time, and willing to adapt to the changing needs of the charity. National Numeracy has an office in Falmer near Brighton, in East Sussex, but the expectation for this role is that you will be based at home, travelling occasionally as needed across the UK.

Family Support Coordinator

£23,000 pa + benefits (including company car, 25 days annual leave, and pension)

London & the South East

Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity is going through an exciting time where we are growing, with the aim of reaching more families in need.

About the role:

We are looking to appoint a Family Support Coordinator to support our care teams in delivering a high-quality family support service in the region, working with families and professionals to ensure the families we support have access to the services they need.

Reporting to the Family Support Manager and working in partnership with health, education, and social care professionals, you will take responsibility for sourcing practical goods and services in the region, applying for grants and benefits, as well as working with other charities or community providers to obtain goods, equipment or funds for families that Rainbow Trust do not provide directly.

Having worked in a stressful or emotionally-demanding environment with an understanding of the complexities of working with children and families, you will have a genuine interest in building supportive relationships and strong networks with other organisation to provide meaningful assistance to the families we support.

What we’re looking for:

· Professional experience of working in an administrative or coordinator role - applications will be particularly welcome from those who have provided services in a health, social care, youth or education setting within a charity environment.

· A friendly and socially-focused approach – you have strong interpersonal skills with the ability to interact and develop effective relationships with a wide range of people, you enjoy helping others.

· Well-organised, with a high level of attention to detail – you work well within established systems, produce high quality work and can manage multiple priorities simultaneously.

· Practical and people-oriented - you will thrive working at a fast pace whilst maintaining accuracy and be a confident MSOffice user.

· A persuasive and open communicator, you are inclusive in decision-making and are able to build and maintain strong working relationships with external organisations and networks.

· A practical knowledge of diversity issues affecting children, young people, and their families – aware that being responsive to others needs and concerns, is essential.

What we offer:

We have a range of fantastic benefits that we offer our employees, this includes.

• Flexible working hours to balance home and working life

• 25 days of annual leave plus public holidays – rising to 26 days after 1 year, 27 days after 5 years and 30 days after 11 years, with an additional 5 years to use in your 10th or 20th year of service (pro rata for part time)

• Employee Assistance Programme with access to remote GP, counselling, physiotherapy, resources to support your mental health and financial wellbeing, as well as a 24/7 helpline via Help@Hand

• Company car for front line care posts

• Access to the Blue Light Card Scheme, and other rewards and discounts

• Bike to work, season ticket loan and payroll giving schemes, as well as a recommend a friend recruitment bonus

• Family friendly policies, focused on employee wellbeing, and an active cross-organisational wellbeing group running a number of initiatives throughout the year

• Pension scheme where we contribute 5% of your salary and you contribute at least 3%

• The option to buy/sell annual leave, as well as additional leave for your birthday, wedding/civil ceremony and an extra half day off for Christmas shopping

• Robust training and development programmes to support your learning and growth

We have a range of fantastic benefits that we offer our employees. If you’d like to find out more about these benefits and working with us, please visit our website.

We also have a fantastic learning and development programme - the Anne Harris skills development programme - in which we aim to provide a high level of training and development opportunities for all staff, so you are able to perform to the best of your ability, achieve individual and team objectives aligned to Rainbow Trusts strategic plan, supporting staff to be the best they can be, and feel a valued member of a high performing organisation.

Our Family Support Workers are given the opportunity to complete a number of diverse training courses in their first 12 months, including but not limited to: Mental Health First Aid, Makaton, counselling skills, and Introduction to Play.

The programme aims to provide a building block for you to individually tailor your own learning and development needs, with all family support workers having a foundation level of skills within their first year.

About us:

Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity enables families who have a child with a life-threatening or terminal illness to make the most of their time together, providing expert practical and emotional support where they need, it for as long as it is needed. For families living with childhood illness, time is everything. Right now, there are too many families coping alone with no support, no time to think, no time to make memories and no time for each other. We believe that no family should go through this alone, so we are here to change that.

How to apply:

To apply please visit our website via the link and apply online.

Interviews will take place via Teams or in person with a date to be confirmed. We will only contact those applicants who have been successful.

There will be a requirement for flexible working and a full current driver’s licence to accommodate the team and family need. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this post.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all employees to share this commitment.

Rainbow Trust is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all backgrounds. We are a Best Companies One-Star rated organisation.

KEY INFORMATION

Location: Manchester, Bristol, Newcastle, Nottingham, or London

Hours: 37.5 hours

Start date: September 2025 (we are happy to work with you and your notice period)

Duration: Permanent

Salary: £46,420 - £51,725 per annum if based in London. £43,765 - £49,070 per annum if based in Manchester, Nottingham, Newcastle or Bristol, plus a £312 yearly tax-free work from home allowance.

Application deadline: 11:59pm, Sunday 31 August

ABOUT UPREACH

Do you think that your socio-economic background should determine your career prospects?

upReach’s vision is of a society in which everybody has an equal opportunity to realise their full career potential. Our work is important because right now a student from disadvantaged background who gains a first-class degree from a top university is less likely to secure an elite job than a more privileged student with a 2.2. 

Founded in 2012, we are an award-winning charity working in close partnership with employers and universities, we deliver a programme of 1-to-1 coaching to eligible undergraduates. We provide personalised employability support to over 3,000 students from across the UK, helping them to discover different career options, and develop the vital skills, networks and experiences needed to succeed in their chosen career and beyond.

To find out more about how we support our students, visit our website, read our Annual Report, and 2024-27 Strategy. 

ROLE SUMMARY 

It is an exciting time to join the team, with income growing year on year and an increasing awareness of our brand through activities such as the recent Radio 4 Charity Appeal. We have ambitious plans and the Head of Fundraising will make a significant contribution to future growth; you will manage the Fundraising and Events team with oversight of income generation from various sources including major donors, individuals, trusts & foundations and a portfolio of events.

The role will suit innovative individuals with experience of fundraising from major donors and at least one of the other specified income streams, and event planning or project management. 

You will represent upReach externally, acting as an ambassador for our work and building strategic relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders. You will be accountable for income targets, developing the fundraising strategy and identifying new opportunities.

OUR VALUES

upReach upholds the following values:

• Perseverance

• Integrity

• Advocacy

• Aspiration

• Proactivity 

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

The Head of Fundraising will contribute to upReach's mission by meeting financial targets, recognising when to make the fundraising ‘ask’ and leading the annual budget process. You will use clear, creative written communication to produce convincing cases for support, represent the charity at relevant networking events, work closely with the upReach Development Board and act as an ambassador for the organisation.

Reporting to the Director of Income Generation and External Engagement you will manage three direct reports and support individuals participating in the Future Charity Leaders Programme (upReach’s graduate scheme). You will work closely with  the Head of Partnerships, CEO, Programmes and Finance teams and other colleagues across the income generating and external engagement team.

The core responsibilities include: 

Leadership and strategy 

• Lead fundraising and philanthropy to realise financial targets (2025/26: £2.45m).

• Securing 5 and 6 figure gifts. 

• Inspire staff and volunteers to excel and achieve, champion the upReach values.

• Commit to the annual appraisal process and develop stretching, SMART OKRs (objectives and key results) to meet our strategic goals. 

• Deputise for the Director in their absence and play an key role in the Income Generation & External Engagement Leadership Team.

• Lead the strategic and operational planning process for the functional areas of responsibility and ensure the involvement of relevant stakeholders. 

• Keep abreast of developments, changes in trends, new techniques and legislation. 

• Ensure planned activity is delivered in compliance with relevant charity law, other legislation, best practice and corporate policy.

• Act as a senior sounding board to ensure strategic decisions regarding donors and funders resonate with our objectives and mission.

• Contribute to strategic thinking including risk management and mitigation.

• Collate and present timely monthly management reports for each income stream.

• Lead the annual budget and financial forecasting processes to facilitate reporting and  strategic-decision making.

Working with stakeholders (internal and external) 

• Collaborate with colleagues to identify and secure all various income generating and profile raising opportunities, ensuring maximum impact and contribution from funders. 

• Lead, champion and model a culture of outstanding donor stewardship and supporter care; including best practice and behaviour. 

• Develop and foster effective relationships with key external contacts at all levels, e.g. donors, supporters, suppliers. 

• Make the fundraising ‘ask’ as and when appropriate, or support others to do so.

• Respond promptly to requests for information and action from supporters.

• Report and disseminate the key issues to emerge from supporter feedback. 

• Manage the complaints procedures for the department and conduct full investigation of all complaints received by the department.

Developing, maintaining systems and procedures 

• Determine and manage the operating systems needed to deliver activity and enable effective donor, supporter and volunteer relationship management. 

• Effectively develop the donor journey.

• Ensure records in the CRM are up to date.

• Conduct analysis of data from across functions responsible for, drawing conclusions, making recommendations to the Director. 

• Ensure the management of systems and processes comply with the organisation’s data protection obligations, charity law and other legal requirements.

People Management and Team Working

• Recruit and lead the Fundraising team, rotatees and volunteers as required.

• Ensure upReach promotes a high performance culture and professional integrity.

• Continue to develop the skills and knowledge of you and your team to ensure you are up-to-date with changing regulation and fundraising best practices.

• Lead and model the implementation of business improvement and people development initiatives including training and rotations.

• Collaborate with colleagues across the department and organisation.

Major Donors and Individuals

• Develop and implement fundraising strategies to grow income, including an annual appeal. 

• Work with the CEO, nurture relationships with donors including high net worth individuals maintaining the highest level of donor care.

• Research, identify and engage prospective donors to secure 5 and 6 figure gifts.

• Lead the team to grow and develop the burgeoning major donor portfolio. 

• Work with the Alumni Team to identify opportunities to sustainably grow the individual giving pipeline, including beneficiaries. 

• Develop a legacies strategy and oversee delivery of awareness campaigns.

Events

• Lead the team on the delivery of a sector-leading events portfolio, to include income-generating events, and the Student Social Mobility Awards (SSMA’s).

• Engage, steward and motivate key stakeholders including the Development Board, Patrons, potential event committee members and other high value volunteers to grow our network and deliver successful fundraising events.

Trusts, Foundations & Corporates

• Oversight of Trusts, Foundation & Corporate fundraising strategy.

• Work with the Senior Fundraising Manager to identify and build relationships with Companies, Trusts and Foundations which are mission and/or programme aligned.

• Collaborate with the Head of Partnerships to build strategic relationships with companies that grow philanthropic and commercial income. 

• Support the acquisition of new, multi-year philanthropic funders and existing donors.

Other

• Regular out of office work may be required in order that the organisation is able to deliver on its commitments to its stakeholders

• Some UK travel will be required from time to time

Please note that it is not possible for the job description to cover the exhaustive list of responsibilities of your role due to the varied nature of the role. The job description aims to provide an overview of your remit and core responsibilities. 

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

The ideal candidate should display these skills: 

• Influencing, facilitation and communication skills (both oral and written)

• Problem solving and decision making, the ability to stay calm under pressure 

• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise and deliver to tight deadlines

• Passion and motivation 

• Leadership and collaboration skills

To be successful, it is anticipated that you will have experience working in a fast paced environment, third sector organisation with demonstrable success in meeting financial targets and motivating others;

• Exceptional relationship building, stakeholder management and negotiation skills, with the ability to influence and persuade at the highest level.

• Experience working in a fast-paced environment, maintaining accuracy and working independently to find solutions to problems.

• You have developed fundraising strategies, budgets and plans with success in meeting income targets including 5 and 6 figure gifts.

• Coordinating annual budget reviews and preparing KPI/OKR reports and financial forecasts that help inform strategic decision-making at a senior level. 

• Ability to lead and motivate others, including senior team members; working cooperatively with and through people to reach goals.

• Clear and creative communicator and presenter; strong storytelling skills and a proactive attitude.

• You’ll understand fundraising performance metrics and how to use them in the delivery of objectives as well as showing knowledge in charity law as it applies to fundraising

• Sound knowledge of GDPR legislation and other fundraising regulations.

• Independent decision-making within authorised boundaries with the ability to anticipate and find solutions to potential problems.

• Strong project management and problem solving skills, in addition to superb organisational skills to manage a varied workload.

• Take responsibility for your own professional development.

TEAM CULTURE & BENEFITS: 

By joining the upReach team, you will be joining a team who are committed to supporting you in your career journey and fostering an inclusive culture. 

We offer: 

• Flexible and hybrid working.

• Statutory Holiday Entitlement of 25 days and bank holidays. This increases to 2 additional days after 2.5 years and then to 3 additional days after 5 years of working with us. 

• Birthday leave and volunteering leave

• Enhanced Parental Leave beyond statutory requirements for all team members. 

• 3% Pension Contribution, this increases to 5% after 5 years of working with us. 

• Cycle-to-work and tech buying schemes

• Monthly socials

• Dedication to Staff Wellbeing through our Employee Assistance Programme and annual wellbeing days

• Personal Development Budget, activated after 6 months in the role.

• The opportunity to participate in our fantastic staff networks: 

  • Disability and Inclusion Network

  • Diverse Roots Network 

  • Green Network 

  • LGBTQ+ Network

  • Mindfulness Network

  • Parents and Carers Network 

  • Socio-economic Background Network

READY TO APPLY?

We are committed to making our recruitment process inclusive. All applications will be blind screened, and our job packs are available in Braille, large text or another format upon request. We can provide reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment application process and on the job, and we'll always endeavour to be as accommodating as possible. 

Applications close at 11:59pm, Sunday 31 August. 

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

At upReach, we are committed to being an equal opportunities employer and do not discriminate in employment matters on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, age, disability, social background or any other protected class. We celebrate and value the diverse perspectives that people from all backgrounds bring to our team. We are passionate about creating a workplace that is inclusive and reflects the diversity of communities across the UK. Diversity in the workplace creates dynamic and effective organisations and we are actively working to build a more inclusive workforce by continuously improving our recruitment, retention, and development practices. We  encourage applications from individuals from underrepresented groups, including Black, Asian and other ethnic minority backgrounds, those with disabilities , those who are care-experienced, those from low socio-economic backgrounds, and those who are LGBTQIA+.

Project Indigo Lead

Service: Project Indigo

Salary: £40,669 - £44,933 FTE per annum, inclusive of Inner London Allowance (£24,401.40 - £26,959.80 per annum for part-time 22.2 hours a week)

Location: Hackney E9 - The role is 3 days per week, with flexibility for up to 1 day per week homeworking. Our office space is wheelchair accessible.

Hours: 22.2 hours per week (part-time)

Contract: Permanent

Family Action & the Role’s Impact:

At Family Action we support people through change, challenge or crisis. It’s what we’ve done for over 150 years. We protect children, support young people and adults and offer direct, practical help to families and communities.

Project Indigo is the LGBTQIA+ youth service based out of Off Centre at Family Action. We have been running a weekly LGBTQIA+ youth group since 2012, and have since developed our offer to include 1-to-1 key work sessions, and more recently, 1-to-1 specialist therapy, and a mentoring training programme. We are proud to be a LGBTQIA+ led and youth-centred service, creating a safe and welcoming space for young LGBTQIA+ to meet each other, try new things, and get support and advice on issues impacting them.

We are looking for an experienced and dynamic leader for our transformative LGBTQIA+ youth project. This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference in LGBTQIA+ young people’s lives, leading a dedicated and passionate team.

Main Responsibilities:

• To lead on planning and facilitating group sessions, activities and trips for the Project Indigo group. Planning to incorporate the views and interests of members and develop opportunities for partnership working.
• Managerial responsibilities, including line management, budget management, monitoring and evaluation
• Developing and delivering strategic projects within the City and Hackney CAMHS Alliance to promote LGBTQIA+ inclusivity

Main Requirements:

• Strong experience in LGBTQIA+ youth work, and understanding intersecting social issues impacting young LGBTQIA+ people
• Understanding of best practice for supporting young LGBTQIA+ people and promoting LGBTQIA+ inclusivity within youth services
• Management experience on multi-faceted projects; strong leadership skills, ability to take initiative, and work effectively to manage competing priorities
• Appointments are subject to Family Action receiving a satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service – Enhanced Check Child and Adult Workforce with Children and Adults Barred Lists.
• In accordance with Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010, there is a Genuine Occupational Requirement for the successful candidate to identify as a member of the LGBTQIA+ community.

Benefits:

- an annual paid leave entitlement of 30 working days plus bank holidays (pro rata)

- up to 6% matched-pension contributions

- enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions

- eye care and winter flu jabs vouchers

- cycle to work scheme

- investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities

We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect.

To Apply:

• Follow the link to our website and apply via our Careers Hub by filling out our digital application form. 
• Closing Date: Friday 5th September 2025 at 23:59

Interviews are scheduled to take place in early October.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:

We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process and you will be asked whether you require any adjustments if shortlisted for interview. We also make reasonable adjustments on the job, where required.

We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Intersectionality is important to us and we particularly welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities and disabled candidates as well as LGBTQIA+ candidates, because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action. We know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role, and will reimburse your travel cost if you attend an interview.

*Ordinarily Family Action appoints new starters at the starting point of the salary scale (with subsequent annual pay progression), unless you have experience that would justify appointment further up the salary scale or there are any other exceptional reasons.

Background to the role

 In April 2024 we launched an ambitious five-year strategy. At the same time, in acknowledgement of the fact that if we are to deliver for older people we need to change as an organisation, we began a process of internal transformation.

Across the organisation trustees, staff and volunteers are working hard together to lead Age UK East London to become more professional, more collaborative and more sustainable. We are proud of the progress we have made; 95% of staff say they would recommend us as a place to work.

This new role, along with a new Operations Coordinator role, has been created to help us make faster progress towards achieving these transformational goals. We’re looking for someone who is highly resourceful, self-motivated and curious and who can model our values (accountable, kind, flexible, inclusive and collaborative) in the way they work.

Job description

Job Purpose

By providing high quality governance and administrative support you will play a critical role in ensuring the smooth operation of our organisation. By supporting our Trustees and SMT you will improve our internal accountability and reduce the administrative burden on our senior team; freeing them to focus on organisational development, on building external relationships and pursuing opportunities which align with our strategy.

Key Tasks

 Overseeing our Governance & Administration:

• You will organise and service the Trustee Board and Board Committee meetings, including agendas, minute-taking, follow-ups on actions, ensuring compliance with governing documents and charity law.
• Be the key contact for trustees, including overseeing their recruitment, induction and training.
• Better connect our governance and management processes through improving alignment of our Trustee and management reporting cycles and coordinating meetings and the delivery of Exec reports.
• Act as company secretary and ensure the Company House and Charity Commission websites are kept up to date.

Supporting our Executive team:

• Manage the CEO's diary, coordinate and prepare for SMT meetings, and monthly whole team meetings, maintain action logs, and provide proactive support in work planning.
• Lead on liaison with, and reports to, Age UK national. This will include coordinating visits and the collection of data.
• Develop and oversee our internal knowledge sharing systems
• Ensure our intranet is up to date and our new SharePoint file structure is maintained.

 General

• To meet regularly with line manager for support, supervision and appraisal.
• To attend team and staff meetings, (and other meetings) as required.
• To undertake any other duties within the competence of the post holder as may be required from time to time for the continued smooth running of Age UK East London.
• To undertake all training required to fulfil the role.
• To carry out the duties of the post in accordance with Age UK’s East London’s policies and procedures including EDI, Health & Safety, Confidentiality, Complaints, GDPR, Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults and Children.

 Functional Links

• The role reports to the CE
• Close working relationship is required with the other members of SMT, the Chair of trustees and other members of the board.

Person Specification

Research shows that while middle class white men tend to apply for job when they meet around 60% of the criteria, women, people from the global majority, and people from other marginalised groups that encounter systematic discrimination tend to apply only when they meet all criteria. So, if you think you have what it takes, but don’t meet every single aspect of the job description, please still apply!

Experience

Essential

• Experience providing high-level administrative support to a senior team or a senior leader.
• Experience of minute taking Experience maintaining internal systems such as SharePoint, document storage, or intranet platforms.

Desirable

• Voluntary sector experience.
• Working with a trustee board.
• Experience acting as Company Secretary or supporting governance compliance.
• Experience of recruiting at board level.

Knowledge & Understanding

Essential

• Understanding of confidentiality and data protection principles.
• Understanding of EDI and a commitment to working in an anti-racist and non-discriminatory way.
• Knowledge of the structure and roles within a charity, including the role of trustees.

Desirable

• Of charity governance, and business planning processes and accountabilities.
• Knowledge of Company secretary role and responsibilities via training or experience

Skills/Attributes

Essential

• High level IT skills in Microsoft Office .Good understanding of the capabilities and potential of 365
• Organisational Skills: Ability to manage calendars, meetings and documents efficiently
• Verbal & Written Communication: Must be able to communicate clearly, professionally and tactfully with internal and external stakeholders.
• Time Management: Ability to prioritise tasks and manage multiple deadlines.
• Attention to Detail: Must be able to ensure accuracy in communication, scheduling, and documentation and take accurate minutes.
• Can demonstrate AUKEL values (accountable, kind, flexible, inclusive, collaborative) in the way the service is delivered.
• Commitment to learning and development and reflective practise.

Desirable

• Advanced AI skills

Additional Requirements

• Ideally, we would like the post holder to attend our evening trustee meetings (four a quarter, two online and two in person). This time will be available to be taken back in lieu. However, for the right candidate we can be flexible about this requirement.
• As Age UK East London works with children and vulnerable adults the post holder will be required to have a satisfactory enhanced DBS certificate. A criminal record will not necessarily, but may be, a bar to obtaining a position with the organisation.

Additional Information

• This job description is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather to clearly define the fundamental purpose, responsibilities and deliverables for the role.
• In addition to the contents of this role description, employees are expected to undertake any and all other reasonable and related tasks allocated by line management.
• Should you be successful in this role this job description will not form part of your terms and conditions

Reports To: Volunteer Manager
Division: Charity
Team: Volunteering
Location: Cannock
Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £27,000 - £33,000 per annum - Depending on Experience
 
About Newlife
 
As one of the UK’s leading charities providing essential specialist equipment to children with disabilities, Newlife is dedicated to making life better - for the families we serve, and for the people who help us to make that happen.
 
Through grants and emergency equipment loans, we ensure children get the vital equipment they need, when they need it, while our free nurse helpline offers crucial support and information – as well as a listening ear. Our campaigns help to give children with disabilities and their families a voice, advocating for change to benefit the families we serve. And we support adults with additional needs with volunteering and employment opportunities, providing an introduction to the workplace and a means for career development.
 
Across the whole of Newlife, our teams are crucial to our success – it’s not just a job; here you’ll be helping us to change lives every day.
 
Role Purpose
 
As the Volunteer Centre Team Leader, you will be responsible for the effective day-to-day running of our on-site Volunteer Centre in Cannock. This inclusive, vibrant space welcomes up to 32 volunteers daily (Monday to Friday), supporting the preparation of stock donated by retail partners for sale in our 9 UK charity shops.
 
You’ll lead a small team of Volunteer Support Assistants, coordinate volunteer activities, oversee quality and safety standards, and help cultivate an environment where every volunteer feels valued and supported. This hands-on role also includes some physical work, such as moving stock and roll cages.
 
Key Responsibilities

• Oversee the daily operations of the Volunteer Centre.
• Line manage and support three Volunteer Support Assistants.
• Supervise and guide volunteers, including corporate and group volunteers.
• Allocate tasks and stock appropriately, considering individual skill levels and abilities.
• Ensure accurate processing of stock according to guidance.
• Promote and maintain a safe and inclusive environment through adherence to safeguarding and health & safety policies.
• Maintain volunteer records, including contact information, training logs, and hours volunteered.
• Support volunteer recruitment, onboarding, and training.
• Ensure all required equipment is available and in working order.
• Assist in planning and delivering volunteer events, recognition initiatives, and engagement activities.
• Represent Newlife at volunteer recruitment and engagement events.
• Participate in physical tasks involving stock movement (e.g., lifting cartons, pushing cages).

 
Person Specification
 
Knowledge & Experience

• Proven experience in a supervisory or leadership role.
• Experience working with volunteers or within the charity sector is desirable.
• Understanding of inclusive volunteering and working with individuals of varying abilities.

Skills

• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication abilities.
• Confident in building positive relationships with volunteers and colleagues.
• Organised with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work under pressure.
• Detail-oriented and capable of following procedures accurately.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and comfortable using databases and digital systems.
• Understanding of volunteer legislation and safeguarding practices.

 
Attributes

• Passionate about volunteering and creating opportunities for others to learn and grow.
• Empathetic, respectful, and adaptable in communication with diverse groups.
• Professional, dependable, and committed to confidentiality.
• A collaborative team player who leads by example.

 
Other Requirements

• Willingness to adhere to internal policies, including Health & Safety, safeguarding, and equality & diversity.
• Commitment to Newlife’s mission, values, and unique culture.
• Flexible approach and willingness to undertake training and development.
• Enhanced DBS check required for this role.

 
What We Offer

• The opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of disabled children and their families.
• A supportive and inclusive working environment.
• Opportunities for professional development and growth.

 
To Apply:
 
Please submit your CV and a covering letter outlining your interest in the role and how your experience aligns with the person specification.
 
REF-223414

Position: Third Party Events Lead - Maternity cover
Location: Office-based from one of our national offices (London, Cardiff, Belfast, or Edinburgh) with flexibility to work remotely
Hours: Full-time (35 hours a week)
Contract: up to 12 months fixed term
Salary: £40,630* per annum plus excellent benefits
Salary Band and Job Family: Band 3, Charity
Directorate: Engagement and Income Generation

*you’ll start at our entry point salary of £40,630 per annum, increasing to £43,170 after 6 months service and satisfactory performance and to £45,709 after a further 6 months.

About Us

We make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK.

Our strategy is based on what people affected by MS have told us is important to them. It gives us a clear and determined focus.

Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.

Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive working environment where you'll be able to make a difference.

About This Job

Please note this fixed term contract for up to 12 months.

The Third Party Events Lead is a key role in the development of our growing fundraising events programme. The role provides strategic and operational leadership to the Third Party Events team, making sure they’re enabled to deliver our annual portfolio of MS Society events across the UK.

In this role you’ll be responsible for ensuring our portfolio of events are delivered to a high standard, on time and on budget, as well as being a key part of our Community, Events &Retail Fundraising leadership team.

Our role is to deliver engaging, high quality and innovative fundraising to our amazing supporters and provide an attractive, inclusive programme of events and activities throughout the year.

Closing date for applications: 9:00 on Wednesday 10th September 2025

Interested?

PLEASE PRESS THE 'HOW TO APPLY' BUTTON FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Equal Opportunities 
We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and or from ethnic minority backgrounds.

We’d be grateful if you downloaded and completed the equality and diversity monitoring form and submit it with your application. 

Disability Confident Employer 
We’re a Disability Confident Employer and we’re committed to promoting equality and diversity.

You can ask for reasonable adjustments as part of both our recruitment and new starter on-boarding processes.

If you need any help or adjustments to apply for this role, please contact us. You can also ask for the application materials to be sent to you in a different format. Such as for them to be sent to you by email or in a larger word format.

More about our employee benefits:
We have a wide range of employee benefits including (but not limited to): 

Encouraging work life balance

• 38 days paid annual leave (including bank holidays), pro-rata for part-time
• More annual leave entitlement, based on length of employment
• Smart working options (with the opportunity to work remotely and find a smart working pattern that suits both you and us) 
• Flexible working options 

Caring for you and your family 

• Generous sick pay entitlement
• More sick pay entitlement, based on length of employment 
• Opportunity to buy and sell annual leave in each calendar year 
• Free access to a GP virtually 24 hours a day/7 days a week allowing you unlimited advice, reassurance and where appropriate diagnosis 
• Enhanced leave for new parents 
• Free access to a confidential 24 hours a day/7 days a week helpline service for both you and your family with a specialist range of support and information
• Special leave options (such as up to 5 days paid leave for domestic or personal emergencies a year)
• 10 days paid disability leave a year, pro-rata for part-time 
• 10 days paid carers’ leave a year, pro-rata for part-time 
• Cycle to work scheme 
• Death in service scheme
• New family-friendly benefits, including paid leave:
  • In the event of miscarriage or still birth 
  • To support fertility treatments
  • For antenatal appointments for both parents

Thinking about your finances 

• Enhanced salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Discounted season ticket loan and interest-free emergency loans
• Give as you earn to support other charities of your choice before tax
• New employee portal including lifestyle savings vouchers and personal wellbeing

Enriching your life at work

• Personalised development plans with a wide range of training courses and opportunities to source additional training options with your line manager
• Yearly internal apprenticeship opportunities
• New, modern offices that embrace working together both in-person and remotely 
• Various opportunities to influence how we internally operate (including surveys, and focus and committee groups) 
• Active and supportive internal employee networking groups for collaboration and peer support 
• 2 days paid leave a year for volunteering for MS Society activities during normal working hours (such as fundraising events, or campaigning in the local community) 
• 2 days paid leave a year for volunteering with other charities during normal

Safeguarding 
We’re committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone who uses our services and we come into contact with.

This is regardless of Gender, Race, Disability, Sexual orientation, Religion or belief, Pregnancy, Gender reassignment.

We recognise our particular responsibility to make sure vulnerable adults and children are protected.

We have measures in place to protect everyone we come into contact with from abuse and maltreatment of all kinds.

Your right to work in the UK 
You must have the right to work in the UK to work in paid employment with us. You’ll need to share documents showing you’re eligible to work in the UK if we offer you employment.

You can find the UK visas and permits granting you the right to work in the UK on the UK Government website. We currently don’t have a Sponsor Licence agreement with the Home Office and aren’t able to support you with your visa applications.

No agencies please.

Vacancy Reference Number:
HRA/HR/UK-R1
 

Position title:
HR Assistant
 

Reports to:
Head of HR
 

Location:
Muslim Hands, 148 – 164 Gregory Boulevard, Gregory House, Nottingham, NG7 5JE
NB:- We are open to discuss Flexible Working Arrangements
 

Hours of Work:
Full-time, 35 hours per week
 

Salary guideline:
(Up to) £31,000.00 per annum (commensurate with experience)
 

Terms of Employment:
12-Months’ Fixed-Term Contract (with a 6-Month Probationary Period)
 

Application Process & Closing Date:
Send an up to date CV and supporting Covering Letter by Email by no later than 3rd September 2025
 

Approx. Interview & Role Commencement Date(s):
Interviews: as and when suitable applicants are identified
Start: ASAP thereafter
 

Note: Strong Applicants may be contacted sooner, ahead of the closing date, to hold an Online or Telephone Interview with Muslim Hands; therefore, please include your contact number and familiarise yourself with MS Teams and Zoom prior to submitting your application.
 

Other Information:
Please see Full Person / Role Specification.

Muslim Hands is a UK based international relief organisation working in over 40 countries worldwide. The Head Office is in Nottingham with frequent fundraising events and activities held throughout the United Kingdom. Muslim Hands UK is seeking an enthusiastic and passionate individual to join our team during an exciting period of growth and change as we have ambitious plans to grow our activities by 2030.
 

Main Responsibilities:
The HR Assistant will work closely with line manager as part of the HR team to provide effective administrative and operational support across all HR functions. The role will be responsible for assisting with the day-to-day activities of the HR department, ensuring smooth operations, accurate record keeping, and timely delivery of HR services, while progressively taking ownership of routine administrative and coordination tasks to maintain high standards within the department.
 

This role would suit someone who thrives working in a fast-paced environment and who enjoys facing challenges; often working to tight deadlines.
 

NB:

• Deadline for applications is 3rd September 2025,however, we reserve the right to end the application procedure early should the right candidate(s) be found.
• We are only able to accept applications from candidates who are eligible to work in the UK. We are unable to progress applications which would require sponsorship
• Unfortunately, we will only be able to contact successful candidates so if you have not heard from us by the closure date unfortunately your application will have been unsuccessful.

Project Coordinator, Discover! Creative Careers, Cymru
Cydlynydd y Prosiect, Canfod Gyrfaoedd Creadigol
Employment Type: Full Time / Amser llawen
Contract: Fixed Term to 31/3/26 / Tympr penodol tan 31/3/26
Location: Cardiff Caerdydd Office 2-3 days and/or remotely/ Swyddfa 2-3 diwrnod neu/ac o adref
Salary: £32,000 Per annum, pro-rata plus Into Film benefits/Pro-rata, ynghyd â buddion Into Film.

An exciting opportunity is available to work on a new programme in Wales: Discover! Creative Careers, Cymru/Canfod Gyrfaoedd Creadigol. With increased investment from the Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS), the 2025 - 2026 programme features several significant developments including an expansion into two UK nations, widening its reach, and connecting even more young people with opportunities to engage with careers events across all creative industry sub-sectors.

Mae hysbyseb lawn yn y Gymraeg ar gael yn y cam nesaf.

About Into Film

Into Film is the UK’s leading charity for film in education and the community. We provide screen industry careers information and advice, support young filmmakers, and bring the power of moving image storytelling into classroom teaching.

We also run the annual Into Film Festival which enables more than 400,000 pupils to visit the cinema for free, and the Into Film Awards - the UK’s leading showcase for young filmmaking talent.

The core Into Film programme is free for UK state schools, colleges and other youth settings, thanks to support from the BFI, awarding National Lottery good cause funding, and through other key funders including Cinema First and Northern Ireland Screen.

About Discover Creative Careers, Cymru

Discover! Creative Careers is a government funded, industry-led programme working to ensure there is a larger and more diverse intake of talent into the creative industries via a broader range of routes. The free-to-access hybrid programme of activities and resources offers meaningful encounters with industry professionals, online tools, training, and support throughout the year.

Discover! Creative Careers, also known as the Creative Careers Programme, was kick-started with funding from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in 2018 and has been shaped and supported directly by creative businesses, institutions, trade bodies and individuals. The delivery of the programme is led by ScreenSkills in partnership with over 25 organisations and through collaboration with industry, education, and careers professionals.

Discover! Creative Careers, Cymru will provide careers information and employer encounters to young people aged 11-18 and those supporting their careers decisions, with the aim of building a more diverse and inclusive future workforce. The programme will run until the end of March 2026, and will involve working across partners and in collaboration with creative industries organisations across 12 sub-sectors across Wales.

Role Summary

This exciting Project Coordinator role is central to the delivery of Discover! Creative Careers, Cymru, a high-impact initiative designed to open creative sector pathways for young people, particularly those from underrepresented communities.

Working closely with Into Film Cymru’s team and delivery partners, the Project Coordinator will manage the day-to-day planning, logistics, communications, and coordination of Discover! events, workshops, and in-school activity across the nation with support and guidance from the Project Manager.

This role requires excellent organisational skills, strong bilingual (Welsh/English) communication, and a commitment to inclusive practice.

The successful candidate will ensure smooth delivery of activity during a busy delivery window and support accurate data collection and reporting throughout the project lifecycle.

Main Responsibilities:

• Coordinate the planning and delivery of Discover! Creative Careers, Cymru activities in partnership and with support from a wide range of partners. Events to include in-school and online events, creative careers talks, workshops, and live showcases.
• Act as the main point of contact for participating delivery partners and where needed, educators and Careers Leads during the project period.
• Support partners to manage bookings, scheduling, travel logistics, and delivery arrangements for all events, ensuring quality and consistency across different locations.
• Liaise and manage projects with support from Into Film central teams.
• Liaise and work closely with Discover! Creative Careers Teams across the nations to ensure alignment with UK-wide Discover! plans and timelines.
• Support partners with safeguarding protocols, access arrangements, and risk management procedures for all activity.
• Support the collection and input of participant and engagement data via partner organisations and using Into Film’s CRM system (Salesforce) and contribute to evaluation and reporting.
• Respond to teacher queries, partner feedback, and delivery challenges promptly and professionally.
• Ensure all delivery is aligned with the programme’s objectives to reach underrepresented groups and priority areas across Wales.
• Provide regular updates and progress reports to the Into Film Cymru Programme Lead and UK Delivery Team.
• Any other reasonable duties assigned by Into Film.

General Responsibilities:

• Commitment to quality internally and in all dealings with Into Film’s stakeholders including teachers, children and young people, industry partners, funders, supporters, parents and carers, and members of the public.
• Commitment and active participation in helping Into Film live its EEDI values and ethos through everything it does.
• Contribute to long term planning to ensure growth in line with demand and resources.
• Contribute to the regular monitoring and evaluation of Into Film’s work.

Person Specification:

Minimum Requirements:

• Proven experience of coordinating projects or events with multiple partners or stakeholders on a national level.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• An understanding of the Careers landscape in Wales and the CWRE and CWW frameworks.
• Proven track record and excellent communication and relationship-building skills, especially with educators, youth partners, and industry stakeholders.
• Demonstrated understanding of the education landscape and/or youth engagement in Wales. 
• Demonstrated understanding of the creative sector in Wales. 
• Confidence using spreadsheets, scheduling tools, and CRM systems (e.g. Salesforce or equivalent).
• Experience of managing logistics, bookings, or scheduling for live in-school or online activity.
• A commitment to inclusive practice and equitable access for all learners.
• Strong Welsh and English language skills (oral and written) are essential for this post. This role requires working with Welsh and English speakers across every aspect of delivery – including working closely with partners within the education, creative and cultural sectors in meetings, through emails and at public events.
• Ability to travel independently across Wales; full, clean UK driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential.
• Willingness to work occasional evenings or weekends, with notice, if required.

Desirable:

• Familiarity with safeguarding and risk management protocols working with schools and/or youth settings.
• Experience supporting monitoring and evaluation processes.
• Familiarity with the Microsoft Office suite.
• An appreciation for, and knowledge of, film and creative learning.

Into Film employees enjoy the following benefits:

• Annual Leave – 28 days (full time/pro-rata), including 3 days to cover office closure between Christmas and New Year.
• Pension – matched up to 5% of salary (2% above statutory employer contribution).
• Flexible working including compressed hours, job share etc. – all applications favourably considered, approval will be at the discretion of Into Film.
• Enhanced parental/paternity/shared parental leave.
• Interest-free non-essential study loans.
• Interest-free bike/scooter/travelcard loan.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) – 24/7 confidential wellbeing support, advice and guidance.
• Wisdom health insurance cover – non-contributory (apart from employee tax contribution).
• BenefitHub portal – offering discounts on healthcare, wellbeing products, and lifestyle products and services.

All Into Film staff work in a hybrid working pattern. At the Cardiff office we typically work 2-3 days per week in the office but offer flexibility to work fully remotely, with attendance at the local and national offices as required, along with some travel across the UK, as appropriate to the role.

Candidates are required to be fluent in Welsh and English, including in their listening, speaking, reading and writing, and must meet skill level 4 – proficiency (Welsh and English), as described by learnwelsh.cymru; these skills will be tested at interview.

All employees regularly working with children and member data are required to undertake and maintain enhanced DBS clearance (and/or Access NI check or Disclosure Scotland check, depending on working location), acquired at Into Film’s expense; employment is dependent upon this.

Closing date: 9:00am, 5th September 2025
Dyddiad cau: 9:00am, 5ed Medi 2025

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to Applied to complete your application for this position.

Applied aims to overcome unconscious bias in recruiting. The responses are anonymised, and reviewed in a random order by members of our team.

No agencies please.

The purpose of the Health and Physical Activity Lead is to work in partnership with health & care partners across the Black Country, including the NHS, Local Authorities and wider Integrated Care System partners.

The role will ensure physical activity & moving are fundamental to people’s health and wellbeing, benefiting individuals from childhood through to older age, by reducing the risk of injury or disease, improving mental health, bringing communities together and encouraging connectedness to support the prevention agenda.

This role will play a critical part in reducing health inequalities, improving health outcomes, and embedding physical activity as a core component of health & care pathways & interventions alongside community wellbeing strategies. In addition, they will work alongside national bodies to influence and engage in best practice for the benefit of residents both within the Black Country and beyond.

Main Duties

1. Working closely with the health and care sector, operate as the lead advocate for the benefits that physical activity and movement can play in benefiting people with long-term health conditions and future prevention, treatment and rehabilitation.

2. Develop understanding of the wider health and care system to influence the integration of physical activity into health & care pathways to support population health outcomes.

3. Establish effective relationships across local place-based health partnerships that develops understanding, listening and acting on the needs of local communities, working in close partnership with providers of activities and community services, to ensure residents will have equitable access to opportunities to be active and move more.

4. Identify and develop models of practice that provide easily accessible physical activity pathways, that can be delivered alongside routine care across health and care settings, that provide consistent quality assured models of delivery, trusted by health and care colleagues and offering better support for those communities in most need.

5. Taking a lead role in the physical inactivity workstream as part of the Black Country Personalisation & Prevention implementation plan to influence and ensure physical inactivity is embedded as a cross-cutting theme to address health inequalities.

6. Work with appointed strategic and learning leads respectively alongside other suppliers on the Sport England recognised ‘Place Based’ investment in the Black Country. 

7. Represent Black Country partners in regional and national conversations regarding physical activity & health promoting the Black Country as a place for national organisations to work in partnership and invest into.

8. Develop a ‘Prevention & Enablement’ model that can inform future approaches across the Black Country that can support delivery and coordination of community physical activity and health initiatives and opportunities for those living with long-term health conditions to be active and to engage in physical activity within their community in order to enable independence and to achieve wider outcomes.

9. Provide expert advice to senior leaders, boards, and external partners on best practices in physical activity promotion.

10.  Working to the Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Framework to extract learnings and share good practice to inform decision-making and evaluate the impact of interventions.

11.  Ensuring compliance at all times with contract management, procurement and finance procedures.

12.  To be responsible and take reasonable care for the Health, Safety and Welfare of self and other employees and the public in accordance with Health and Safety Legislation and company procedures.

13.  To adhere to the Data Protection Act at all times. Confidentiality must be maintained at all times.

14. To adhere to all relevant policies and procedures at all times.

15. To undertake such other duties as may be appropriate.

Person Specification

Health:

 Experience of the health & social care sectors, ideally with experience of influencing priorities and using physical activity as a tool to support wider determinants of health.

Contemporary expert knowledge of national health policy and strategic frameworks i.e. NHS 10 Year Plan.

Can articulate, demonstrate, or evidence the valuable role that physical activity and sport can contribute to health & socio-economic outcomes.

Place-based work:

Proven experience supporting specific communities or localities—particularly in roles involving community development, systems change, learning or collaborative partnerships, ideally across the Black Country.

 

Partnership and relationship building:

Able to work as a trusted partner and build strong, effective, and valued relationships across a wide range of people and organisations.

Visibly values and promotes co-design and can bring people together to jointly create innovative ideas and practice.

Skilled in building trust and long-term relationships across sectors—especially with local partners, community-based organisations, local authorities and charities.

 

Systems change understanding:

Has skills, knowledge and good experience of partnership working to build strong, effective, and valued relationships, across a wide range of people and organisations to influence & develop collaborative agendas.
Able to work with complexity and influence and advocate for learning beyond programme delivery.

Proven experience in using learning as a driver for change.

Impact and learning:

Strong understanding of how to track, assess, and learn from outcomes in complex, community-driven settings.

Skilled at applying evidence led approaches to design interventions that can support a range of health and socio-economic outcomes.

Demonstrable expertise in building a culture of continuous improvement and reflective practice.

Equity and inclusion:

Deep commitment to inclusive practice, with experience applying in real-world settings.

Demonstrates professional, voluntary, or lived experience of communities most marginalised or under-represented in being active. Has knowledge and understanding of the barriers to activity.

Communication:

Strong written and verbal skills, able to distil learning clearly for different audiences, including communities, partners, and funders.

 

Initiative and adaptability:
A self-starter who shows skills in agile and adaptive working proving they can respond quickly, work flexibly and navigate through fast-paced, changing, complex and uncertain environments.

The purpose of the Transport and Physical Activity Lead is to work in partnership with the four Transport Teams across the Black Country to integrate physical activity into Transport planning and delivery.

The role will focus on supporting the implementation of the Black Country Walking and Cycling Infrastructure Plan (BC LCWIP), ensuring localised improvements are considered further to ensure connectivity between communities and the active travel infrastructure being delivered.

The role will have responsibility for developing understanding of the walking and cycling landscape and community need.

The role will understand how the BC LCWIP needs to be able to capitalise on both available and emerging funding opportunities to help deliver the cycling and walking vision for the area. The funding, however, is not only limited to the delivery of infrastructure but also to ensuring the right resources and skills are in place to support local activation.

Main Duties

1. Be the lead advocate for the integration of physical activity with Black Country Transport to decrease physical inactivity and support health, environmental and economic outcomes.

2. Drive approaches to place-based work with local partners to support a whole system approach to integrating physical activity into transport policy & services.

3. Lead the development of high-quality relationships which enable a collaborative focus on local transport assets, interventions, initiatives, programmes and activities which create opportunities for people to be active and tackle physical inactivity.

4. Work with appointed strategic and learning leads respectively alongside other suppliers on the Sport England recognised ‘Place Based’ investment in the Black Country. 

5. Work with transport leads from the four Black Country authorities to develop understanding of local people & communities, the needs, opportunities, and challenges of communities to be active and how this understanding can be used to strengthen partnerships and yield influence to integrate services.

6. Coordinate the development of Local Cycling & Walking Infrastructure plans (LCWIP) that support the implementation of local priorities to improve outcomes and tackle inequalities in physical activity levels.

7. Establish and/or maintain effective multi-partner place networks and related forums to support connectivity of assets across the Black Country landscape particularly the canal infrastructure to influence co-design opportunities for walking and cycling.

8. Provide regular reports as required on the progress of the implementation of programmes, in line with established key performance indicators.

9. Working to the Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Framework to extract learnings and share good practice. 

10.  Ensuring compliance at all times with contract management, procurement and finance procedures.

11.  To be responsible and take reasonable care for the Health, Safety and Welfare of self and other employees and the public in accordance with Health and Safety Legislation and company procedures.

12.  To adhere to the Data Protection Act at all times. Confidentiality must be maintained at all times.

13.  To adhere to all relevant policies and procedures at all times.

14. To undertake such other duties as may be appropriate

Person Specification

Transport:

  Experience of the transport sector, ideally with experience of influencing priorities and using physical activity as a tool to support wider outcomes.

Contemporary knowledge of transport, health & wellbeing policies & strategies.

Can articulate, demonstrate, or evidence the valuable role that physical activity and sport can contribute to environmental & socio-economic outcomes.

 

Place-based work:

Proven experience supporting specific communities or localities—particularly in roles involving community development or collaborative partnerships, ideally across the Black Country, to develop propositions that respond to strategic need.

 

Partnership and relationship building:

Able to work as a trusted partner and build strong, effective, and valued relationships across a wide range of people and organisations.

Visibly values and promotes co-design and can bring people together to jointly create innovative ideas and practice.

Skilled in building trust and long-term relationships across sectors—especially with local partners, community-based organisations, local authorities and charities.

 

Systems change understanding:

Has skills, knowledge and good experience of partnership working to build strong, effective, and valued relationships, across a wide range of people and organisations to influence & develop collaborative agendas.

Able to work with complexity and influence and advocate for learning beyond programme delivery.

Proven experience in using learning as a driver for change.

Impact and learning:

Skilled at applying evidence led approaches to design interventions that can support a range of socio-economic outcomes.

Strong understanding of how to track, assess, and learn from outcomes in complex, multistakeholder projects with defined output requirements.

Equity and inclusion:

Deep commitment to inclusive practice, with experience applying in real-world settings.

Demonstrates professional, voluntary, or lived experience of communities most marginalised or under-represented in being active. Has knowledge and understanding of the barriers to activity.

Communication:

Strong written and verbal skills, able to distil learning clearly for different audiences, including communities, partners, and funders.

 

Initiative and adaptability:
A self-starter who shows skills in agile and adaptive working proving they can respond quickly, work flexibly and navigate through fast-paced, changing, complex and uncertain environments.

We're looking for a skilled and proactive Data Developer to help us to harness the power of data and build something meaningful from the ground up. You’ll lead the development of our first enterprise data warehouse, creating the infrastructure that will empower every corner of our organisation to make smarter, faster, and more impactful decisions. Working at the heart of our Information Governance and Technology Team, collaborating with passionate colleagues across the organisation, your work will help us understand our supporters better, streamline operations, and ultimately, protect more land and wildlife.

Who we’re looking for

You'll have strong SQL and ETL experience, a solid grasp of data modelling and warehousing, and proficiency in Power Platform tools. You’ll be confident working with APIs and integrating data from diverse systems, and able to communicate and collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. A self-starter with sharp analytical thinking and attention to detail, you’ll thrive in a collaborative environment and be committed to continuous learning. You’ll care about our mission and be eager to contribute to a positive and supportive team culture.

Applications 

Please refer to the application pack which contains the full job description, person specification and our list of benefits. You will need to upload your CV, along with a covering letter, using the link provided. Your covering letter is an important part of your application and should sumarise how you meet the essential criteria in the person specification as indicated.